Photos: ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse

A combination of 6 pictures shows the moon in different stages of a total lunar eclipse from the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on April 15, 2014. (Desiree Martin, AFP/Getty Images)

Chicago Tribune

April 15, 2014 4:33 AM PT

Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event Tuesday when the Earth’s shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange. The lunar eclipse unfolded over three hours beginning at about 1 a.m. CT, when the moon began moving into the Earth’s shadow.

Total eclipse of the moon underway over southern California as seen from Korea town, west of downtown L.A., early on April 15, 2014. (Joe Klamar, AFP/Getty Images)

A handout image provided by the Canary Islands’ Astrophysical Research Institute the ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014. (Daniel Lopez, IAC/HANDOUT/EPA)

This picture taken on April 14, 2014, shows the moon over the Independence Monument in Mexico city. (Alfredo Estrella, AFP/Getty Images)

The moon is seen in the time around a total lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014 in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Mariana Suarez, AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on April 15, 2014, shows the moon during a total lunar eclipse over the Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial in Brazil (Evaristso Sa, AFP/Getty Images)

The moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse from the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on April 15, 2014. (Desiree Martin, AFP/Getty Images)

A handout image provided by the Canary Islands’ Astrophysical Research Institute shows lunar eclipse in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on April 15. (Daniel Lopez, IAC/HANDOUT/EPA)

This picture taken on April 15, 2014, shows a woman watching a total lunar eclipse at the Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial in Brazil. (Evaristo Sa, AFP/Getty Images)

The moon moves out of a lunar eclipse over southern California as seen from Korea town, west of downtown Los Angeles, early on April 15, 2014. (Joe Klamar, AFP/Getty Images)

A man takes a photo of his children as the ‘Blood Moon’ rises over the water in Wlliamstown on April 15, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Scott Barbour / Getty Images)

This composite image shows a sequence, from bottom left to top left, of the moon’s transition during a total lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014 in Miami, Florida. People in most of north and south America should be able to witness this year’s first total lunar eclipse, which will cause a ‘blood moon’ and is the first of four in a rare Tetrad of eclipses over the next two years. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

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Photos: ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse

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